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That men would die was a matter of necessity; which men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of...more

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Nurse Duckett found Yossarian wonderful and was already trying to change him.

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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The important thing is to keep them pledging," he explained to his cohorts. "It doesn't matter whether they mean it or not. That's why they make littl...more

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Frankly I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

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He found Luciana sitting alone at a table in the Allied officers' night club, where the drunken Anzac major who had brought her there had been stupid ...more

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Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

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Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the con...more

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The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.

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It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.

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History did not demand Yossarian's premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not depend on ...more

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Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.'That's some catch, that Catch-...more

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Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he's in his office.

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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate wa...more

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-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!